VITU ISLANDS

vēˈtoo, volcanic group, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea. Garove and Unea are the largest islands. The group is the chief copra center of Papua New Guinea. Formerly called the French Islands, the group is sometimes known as the Witu Islands.

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1.
The Art of the South Sea Islands, Including Australia and New Zealand
Book by Alfred Buehler, Terry Barrow, Charles P. Mountford; Crown Publishers, 1962
Subjects: Art, Australian Aboriginal, Art, Maori, Art, Pacific Island, Art--Oceania
...they also appear on the Vitu Islands and with the Sulka on the main island. They are made of wood...like masks are known in the Vitu Islands, masks like boards worn...face from the Duke of York Islands. In the coastal areas of...
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World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study
Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Islands Of The Pacific--Strategic Aspects, Military Geography--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--United States
...to the west-northwest of Rooke is Long Island, the second largest of the offshore islands, and between the two lies little Tolokiwa Island. Two the north of New Britain were the scattered Vitu Islands (NORTHPOLE) comprised of islets and reefs...
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The Campaign on New Britain
Book by Frank O. Hough, John A. Crown; Historical Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 1952
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Britain (Island)
...Old Breed: 27 The Pacific Islands Handbook: 2 , 9 Thomas, BrigGen...12 , 20 , 30 , 48 , 74 , 183 Vitu Islands: 13 Volupai Plantation: 130...33 , 57 , 63 , 71 Witu Islands: 13 , 28 , 166 Wongankai...Jr.: 155 , 162 Woodlark Island: 5 , 12 Woods, Cdr T. A...
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Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
Book by James S. Olson, Robert Shadle, Ross Marlay, William G. Ratliff, Joseph M. Rowe Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Europe--Colonies--History--Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1492---Encyclopedias, History, Modern--Encyclopedias
...South Caicos Vesteralen Islands West Caicos Andoy Cat Island Hadseloy Cat Cay Hinnoy...Langoy Crooked Virgin Islands Eleuthera See West Indies...Islands Great Exuma Vitu Islands Great Inagua...Little Inagua See Bonin Islands Little Ragged Long Cay Wake Atoll Long Island Peale Island Mariguana...
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Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia
Book by Andrew Sharp; Longman Paul, 1963
Subjects: Navigation, Polynesia--Discovery And Exploration
...an early missionary in the islands near New Guinea, said that...explained by later diffusion from island to island after the times of original...New Guinea and the Melanesian islands and thence to Polynesia by...area of the East Indies to the Vitu Islands east of New Guinea...
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journal articles on: Vitu Islands  - 16 results

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Rene Van Den Berg and Peter Bachet. 2006. Vitu Grammar Sketch
Journal article by Ulrike Mosel; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 48, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Vitu Grammar Sketch (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Berg and Peter Bachet. 2006. Vitu Grammar Sketch. by Ulrike Mosel...Berg and Peter Bachet. 2006. Vitu grammar sketch. Ukarumpa...3. $Aust 15.00, paper. Vitu, also called Muduapa and Mudua...7,000 people on the French Islands in the West New Britain Province...
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Retained and Introduced Final Consonants in Vitu
Journal article by Rene Van Den Berg, Peter Bachet; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 45, 2006
Subjects: Consonants--Analysis, Phonetics--Research
...and Toqabaqita (Solomon Islands), see Lichtenberk (2001...verbs are also found in Vitu, but in addition a number...by the second author on Vitu Island, while the first author...archives in Ukarumpa. Vitu phonology is fairly straightforward...
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Vanishing and Returning Heroes: Ambiguity and Persistent Hope in an Unea Island Legend
Journal article by Jennifer Blythe; Anthropologica, Vol. 37, 1995
Subjects: Legends, Papua New Guinea
...former home is the island of Unea, the most...populated of the Vitu Islands, a group located...travelled round the island, pausing at each...one of the other Vitu Islands. Galiki followed...groups within the island, followers of the...conducted in the Vitu Islands, Papua New Guinea...
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An Oceanic Origin for Aiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?
Journal article by Malcolm Ross, Ashild Naess; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Analysis, Austronesian languages--Origin, Grammar, Comparative and general--Analysis, Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics), Syntax--Analysis
...OVS language in the Solomon Islands. Paper presented at the Seventh...Language contact in the Reef Islands: Keeping ones distance at...International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Gotland University...Hackman. 1983. Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification...and Peter Bachet. 2006. Vitu grammar sketch. Data Papers...
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Statistical Reasoning in the Evaluation of Typological Diversity in Island Melanesia
Journal article by Michael Dunn, Robert Foley, Stephen Levinson, Ger Reesink, Angela Terrill; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Mathematical statistics--Usage, Melanesia, Statistics (Mathematics)--Usage, Typology (Linguistics)--Evaluation
...spatial autocorrelation that "Island Melanesian Papuan" is a valid...new data from Aiwoo (Reef Islands) that aggregate typological...claim to have shown that the Island Melanesian Papuan languages...reversal of the order of Bali-Vitu and Siar on the tree (disagreeing...of Bougainville and Solomon Islands. Aiwoo patterns strongly with Buma (Vanikoro Island), the nearest (non-Polynesian...
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encyclopedia articles on: Vitu Islands  - 3 results

 
 
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Vitu Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VITU ISLANDS ve too, volcanic group, 37 sq mi (96...Guinea. Garove and Unea are the largest islands. The group is the chief copra center...New Guinea. Formerly called the French Islands, the group is sometimes known as the...
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Witu Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WITU ISLANDS see Vitu Islands . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Bismarck Archipelago
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO volcanic island group, 19,200 sq mi (49,730...includes New Britain (the largest island), New Ireland , the Admiralty Islands , the Mussau Islands, New Hanover , the Vitu Islands , and the Duke of York Islands...


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